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class=675173912-24022007>A simple checkbox/radio button in the config
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class=675173912-24022007>Geek Mode: On</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=675173912-24022007>This could allow an extra prefs menu with hundreds of
settings from showing the real boot screen to turning on debug for all apps (for
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class=675173912-24022007>of course, turning Geek Mode(TM) off would set
everything back to be very, erm, 'consumer oriented'...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> community-bounces@lists.openmoko.org
[mailto:community-bounces@lists.openmoko.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Dart<BR><B>Sent:</B> 24 February 2007 11:40<BR><B>To:</B>
bryanfink@alum.mit.edu<BR><B>Cc:</B> OpenMoko<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Neo1973
With Screen On at PopSci!<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><FONT face=Arial>The pictures were very nice, however, they better
have a pretty graphical boot screen for the final product. That boot-up
screen would scare the average non-geek something fierce. I can just see
it now, "Oh no! My phone is broke!"<BR>Maybe they could have a
customization setting that would allow you to turn the geek boot screen on, but
have it a pretty graphical one by default.<BR><I>Mark</I><BR></FONT><BR>Bryan
Fink wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mide27d78890702231122q2dfb5298n6ec75ff038f9e413@mail.gmail.com
type="cite">Hi All. I was just browsing for Neo1973 pictures, as I do
every few <BR>days, and finally found pictures of a Neo with the screen
on! Check <BR>out Popular Science's 10-photo gallery: <BR><BR><A
class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E
href="http://www.popsci.com/popsci/whatsnew/af9aa618ea7c0110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html"><http://www.popsci.com/popsci/whatsnew/af9aa618ea7c0110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html></A>
<BR><BR>Images 2 and 3 show the Neo booting up. It's quite amazing how
much <BR>text fits on that screen. <BR><BR>The gallery is part of this short
blog post: <BR><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://popsci.typepad.com/popsci/2007/02/up_close_and_pe.html">http://popsci.typepad.com/popsci/2007/02/up_close_and_pe.html</A>
<BR><BR>-Bryan <BR><BR>_______________________________________________
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